T Ray was instrumental in getting me back to playing when I came back into the Cedar Rapids Music Scene in 2015. He played in the KICK IT band with Dan Hartman and Herm Sarduy but also in a few more classic country bands of the 80s, 90's and beyond.
We jammed together at Wrigleyville with a few musicians and support from the late Gary Fletcher. When Wrigleyville decided to end the Thursday, then Tuesday Night jams, he took it to Rumors in 2016.
I will miss T Ray's nimble guitar playing leads and good time humor. He also got me back into working on songs by Los Lonely Boys and Montgomery Gentry. I will celebrate his memory by continuing to play on. Maybe in the afterlife, we will get to jam on the big stage in the great beyond.
God gained himself a excellent guitar player.
" He always looked forward to playing with you Rodney. He would say all the time that IA is the home to some of the most talented musicians there is and how honored he was to get to play with them." Brandy Herman
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